HAMBURG, Germany, Sept. 19, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Evotec AG (Frankfurt:EVT) (TecDAX) today announced that Evotec has entered into a multi-year compound management agreement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, for the operation of a Small Molecule Repository. The contract (funded in its entirety by NIH) covers a period of up to ten years and has a total estimated value of up to EUR 60 million (approx. USD 75 million).